Cited Media programs are developed through an innovative and evidence-based approach to academic journalism, which forges scholars, students, and journalists together in co-creation. This has created programming that has reached millions of listeners, built dedicated audiences, enriched public discourse, and won major awards from leading journalistic organizations.
FLAGSHIP PROGRAMS
Cited Podcast is our flagship documentary podcast series that tells stories about the politics of science and expertise. Cited Podcast has been honoured by the American Bar Association, the New York Festivals, the National Association of Science Writers, the Jack Webster Foundation, and other professional societies. Additionally, we were featured by CBC as one of “Canada’s Podcast All-Stars.” The program currently runs in a season-based format.
CRACKDOWN covers the drug war, with drug users as war correspondents. Cited Media produced CRACKDOWN from its beginnings in January 2019 to September 2021. We supported community activist groups and research scientists at UBC in developing this award-winning program. CRACKDOWN has won several awards, and has been praised by the A/V Club as “the podcast most likely to save lives” and by CANADALAND as “the best new podcast in Canada.”
Darts & Letters, which ran from 2020 to 2023, explored what it means to be a public intellectual today. The podcast featured interviews with a diverse range of thinkers—including scholars, community activists, journalists, podcasters, and streamers—discussing politics and current affairs. It was distributed on the Harbinger Media Network (Canada’s largest progressive podcast network) as well as the New Books Network (the largest academic podcast network).
HONOURS AND AWARDS
Our programming has been honoured by the top journalism organizations in Canada and internationally, including the BC-based Jack Webster Foundation, the National Campus and Community Radio Association, the Canadian Association of Journalists, the New York Festivals, Third Coast, the Sidney Hillman Foundation, and others. Trade publications such as Columbia Journalism Review, University Affairs, and CANADALAND have also attested to how our methods yield valuable content.
partners and Distributors
When we initially began Cited Podcast and developed our unique approach to collaborative academic journalism, we set out to see if we could do our work in partnership with major media organizations. To that end, we co-produced much of our best content with popular podcasts (including 99% Invisible, CBC’s Ideas, CBC’s Doc Project, and others) as well as magazines and newspapers (including Jacobin, Mother Jones, the Georgia Straight, the Tyee, and others). Cited Media programs continue to be featured, distributed, and sometimes co-produced through other media as well as major podcast networks.
